question argued, is about the claim that all understanding involves interpretation, and that all interpretation is inherently perspectival. I will talk about Nietzsche’s claim that all truths are “errors”, Gadamer’s view that all understanding involves interpretation, his notion of “effective historical consciousness” and Schott’s critical stance when finally, I will add my own personal thoughts on how understanding involves interpretation. Nietzsche says that all truths are “errors” that human…
Biography Dr. Robert L. Plummer is an Associate Professor of New Testament Interpretation at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, School of Theology. Plummer has a B. A. from Duke University, Ph. D from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, and additional studies from Jerusalem University College. He has written 1 book, co-written 4 more books, and has written/commented on many biblical articles. His latest book, written in 2010 is called 40 Questions About Interpreting the Bible (40…
TASK 1: PLANNING COMMENTARY Respond to the prompts below (no more than 9 single-spaced pages, including prompts) by typing your responses within the brackets. Do not delete or alter the prompts. Pages exceeding the maximum will not be scored. 1. Central Focus a. Describe the central focus and purpose of the content you will teach in the learning segment. [ The central focus of the learning segment is the students will execute the proper form of the 4 compound movements, squatting, deadlifting,…
The language was expressive and their culture fascinating, very different and honest in comparison to American English. Learning ASL came easily to her, memorize the vocabulary, study the culture and learn the grammar. By attending as many deaf events as she could, it was easy to become immersed. The language “clicked” for her at a young age, but when she began school at University of South Florida, it was difficult at first. Because she grew up home schooled with parents who were always…
FREUD'S SELF-ANALYSIS Freud's self-analysis started in the mid 1890's and reached its climaxes between 1895 and 1910. In certain authors’ opinions, it was continued up to his death in 1939. Nevertheless, we have to set a clear boundary between the time of his productive, creative stage and his profession as a psychoanalyst. The first phase was full of unexpected aspects and inventiveness. It included: 1) his routine self- analysis where he performed checks of his complexes—those emotional ideas…
deceivable". Disguise is very important as a theme in the Twelfth Night. In fact, disguise is a crucial plot to the play. It is the thread which runs through the play from start to end and holds it all together. Yet, paradoxically along the way there are many problems, deceptions and illusions, providing a comment on human behavior and creating comedy. Women's parts were played by boy actors in Shakespeare's day, so the audience would have found special sophistication in Viola's part: a…
from the outside world entering the dream realm and having a…
heavily upon the interpretation of dreams. What do they mean? What is their purpose? What do they say about us? Using his interpretation to pull psychoanalytical significance from their confusing narratives, he would examine the dream by isolating certain elements and trying to find meaning in each segmented part. In Freud 's work interpretation plays a key role in understanding meaning, however Susan Sontag in her essay Against Interpretation challenges this idea and argues, “ interpretation…
the difference is on how people see dreams, that “in modern Western societies, we think of dreams as sleep experiences. But for many other cultures, dreaming is fundamentally about waking up” (xii). Waking up. That certainly wasn’t the outlook on dreams that I was taught as a child, I mused. So I decided to Dig a little deeper I learned that dreams have been seen for many thousands of years as they way that the gods or divines have spoken to humanity (11). The thought that dreams serve(d) as a…
are the language of God. When he speaks in our language, I can interpret what he has said. But if he speaks in the language of the soul, it is only you who can understand..’” (12) In this quote the old gypsy that Santiago sought out for a dream interpretation is explaining that dreams are the language of God and in this language God tells very important messages which she can interpret. However, everyone interprets dreams differently according to their own lives. The gypsy tells Santiago that…